Improving Educational Productivity
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- Contents
Covering such issues as teaching quality, the interface between public and private schooling, and measuring school efficiency, this text addresses the improvement of educational productivity in the USA
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview; David H. Monk, Margaret C. Wang, and Herbert J. Walberg.
- Chapter 2. Tax Revolts and School Performance; Thomas Downes, and David Figlio.
- Chapter 3. State Aid and Education Outcomes; Sheila E. Murray.
- Chapter 4. The Interface Between Public and Private Schooling: Market Pressure and the Impact on Performance; Dan Goldhaber.
- Chapter 5. The Economics of Grade Retention; Eric R. Eide.
- Chapter 6. Teacher Quality: Its Enhancement and Potential for Improving Pupil Achievement; Susanna Loeb.
- Chapter 7. Measuring School Efficiency: Lessons from Economics, Implications for Practice; Amy Ellen Schwartz and Leanna Stiefel.
- Chapter 8. Examining School-Level Expenditures and School Performance: The Case of New York City; Ross Rubenstein and Patrice Iatarola.
- Chapter 9. The Relationship Between Student Performance and School Expenditures: A Review of the Literature and New Evidence Using Better Data; Corrine H. Taylor.
- Chapter 10. What Happens to Performance Inequality Among Students When Average Test Scores Rise? Samid Hussain.
- Chapter 11. Problems in the Estimation of School Effects: Insights from Improved Models; Jens Ludwig.
- Chapter 12. Conclusions and Recommendations; Herbert J. Walberg and David H. Monk.